Using turbolinks in a Rails link_to

Question

Just wondering whether there\'s a way to use turbolinks directly in a rails link_to helper, a quick bit of googling didn\'t uncover anything of note, here\'s the type of thi

Answer 1

Edit for Rails 5+: @ManishShrivastava correctly pointed out the different syntax needed for Rails 5 as shown in Joseph's answer.

<%= link_to('Giraffe', @giraffe, data: { turbolinks: false }) %>

For Rails 4 and below

Originally I thought you needed to use the hash rocket syntax for the symbol but that isn't the case. You can use a data: hash and inside that hash any symbols using underscores _ will be converted to dashes -.

I think most Rails developers would prefer to see the following (including myself now that I know better):

<%= link_to('Giraffe', @giraffe, data: { no_turbolink: true }) %>

But the following also works:

<%= link_to('Giraffe', @giraffe, 'data-no-turbolink' => true) %>